[PATCH v7 7/7] powerpc/mm: Batch tlb flush when invalidating pte entries
Aneesh Kumar K.V
aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Nov 28 17:17:04 AEDT 2016
This will improve the task exit case, by batching tlb invalidates.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
index 4e88178cf03b..20a4eb4d065a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
@@ -140,13 +140,20 @@ static inline unsigned long radix__pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long new_pte;
old_pte = __radix_pte_update(ptep, ~0, 0);
- asm volatile("ptesync" : : : "memory");
/*
* new value of pte
*/
new_pte = (old_pte | set) & ~clr;
- radix__flush_tlb_pte(old_pte, mm, addr);
- __radix_pte_update(ptep, 0, new_pte);
+ /*
+ * If we are trying to clear the pte, we can skip
+ * the below sequence and batch the tlb flush. The
+ * tlb flush batching is done by mmu gather code
+ */
+ if (new_pte) {
+ asm volatile("ptesync" : : : "memory");
+ radix__flush_tlb_pte(old_pte, mm, addr);
+ __radix_pte_update(ptep, 0, new_pte);
+ }
} else
old_pte = __radix_pte_update(ptep, clr, set);
asm volatile("ptesync" : : : "memory");
--
2.10.2
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